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Best Books for Developing Your Leaders

ATD Human Capital

The ASTD Leadership Handbook. Minneapolis, MN: Lominger International, 2011. Handbook of Leadership Development, Third Edition. Biech, Elaine. Alexandria, VA: ASTD Press, 2010. Bruce, Anne. Leaders: Start to Finish, 2nd Edition. Alexandria, VA: ASTD, 2012. Lombardo, Michael M., and Robert W. McCauley, Cynthia, D. Yost, and S.

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Why would an employee sue his employer for offering him 100% telework as a disability accommodation?

The Employer Handbook

But, in 2011, the defendant placed a worker known for wearing heavy perfume in an adjacent cubicle. Perhaps the employer enjoys the notoriety of becoming the muse for a post on The Employer Handbook. Why did the employer do that? And, better yet, why didn’t the employer relocate the fragrant fellow? Both are good questions.

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Pay Me: New York Real Estate Company Uses Its Handbook as A Shield Against Liability

HR Daily Advisor

Employee handbooks are recommended for several reasons, including that they set forth key company policies. Well-written handbook policies state how compensation will be addressed and who has the power to bind the company. Further, the handbook explained that no one at the company had the right to orally modify the bonus policy.

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Steve Jobs Had Moderately Low Emotional Intelligence

Workplace Psychology

with emotion, and regulate emotion in the self and others” (Mayer, Salovey, Caruso, & Cherkasskiy, 2011, p. Apple II, Macintosh, iPod, iPhone, iPad, and many others) to market, and who transformed entire industries (Isaacson, 2011). Steve Jobs used the handicap parking space as his own personal parking spot (Isaacson, 2011).

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Things HR Managers Can Learn From Brands That’ve Worked Remotely Since Inception

6Q

This is one organisation that has been working remotely since 2011 and ditched its office set-up completely in 2015. They have complete handbooks with clearly documented objectives & key results, best practices, tools, etc., This publicly-viewable handbook also assists in onboarding. it has been the norm for years.

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The ROI of Employee Drug Testing Programs

Cisive

A Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) survey from 2011 [2] found the number of employers reporting high workers compensation incident rates decreased by approximately 50% after introducing drug testing. A powerful stat still today.

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You know what today is, right? It’s Bobby Bonilla Day! ??????

The Employer Handbook

Every July 1 since 2011, the New York Mets have paid Bobby Bonilla $1,193,248.20. for 25 years starting July 1, 2011, at 8% interest. By Metsfan84 , CC BY 3.0 , Link. That seems like a pretty reasonable annual payment for a six-time All-Star. Except, here’s the thing. Bonilla’s contract in 2000, when it had about $5.9

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